Check Your Sonic Gift Card Balance Before Your Next Drive-In

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Get Some Useful Tips on How To Check a Sonic Gift Card Balance

It’s been a while since your last Sonic Drive-In visit, and now you’re not sure about the remaining funds on your used gift card? Whether you want to use your gift card to buy yourself a decadent Twisted Texan cheeseburger or file a cash back request, you should see how much money there’s left on your gift card first.

This article will explain how to check a Sonic gift card balance in a breeze!

How To Do a Quick Sonic Gift Card Balance Check

There are three ways to check your Sonic gift card balance:

  1. Online
  2. Over the phone
  3. In person

Checking Your Sonic Gift Card Balance Online

To track the remaining money on your Sonic gift card online, all you have to do is follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Sonic Drive-In website
  2. Choose the Gift Cards tab at the top of the main page
  3. Scroll down to the middle of the page
  4. Click on the red Check Balance button
  5. Enter your gift card number
  6. Type the four-digit PIN
  7. Check that you’re not a robot
  8. Hit Check Balance

Checking Your Sonic Gift Card Balance Over the Phone

You can contact Sonic customer support to inquire about your gift card balance. Here’s how:

  1. Call 1-888-272-6547
  2. Give the customer support representative your gift card number
  3. Provide other information they might require
  4. Ask about the remaining balance

Checking Your Sonic Gift Card Balance in Person

Another way to inform yourself about the gift card balance is by doing it in person. You should go to the nearest Sonic Drive-In, approach the cashier, and ask them for information about your gift card balance.

You Discovered Some Money After a Sonic Gift Card Balance Check—Now What?

What you can do with the leftover funds on the gift card depends on how much there’s left. If you’ve had enough of the cherry slushes and chicken burgers, you might be thinking about selling your gift card for cash. According to the Sonic Gift Card Terms and Conditions, you can’t do that without authorization. Here’s everything else you are not allowed to do with your Sonic gift card:

Take a look at the following table to find out how to use the remaining balance on your gift card:

What To Do With Your Sonic Gift CardExplanation
Use the remaining money on another orderYour gift card balance check may uncover a small amount of money. If you don’t want to go through the trouble of getting those two dollars back, check the Sonic menu to see if there’s an item that doesn’t exceed that amount and enjoy
Add extra money to continue using itIf there’s not enough money on your gift card, and you want to use it again, follow these steps to add value:
  1. Go to the Sonic Drive-In website
  2. Navigate to the Gift Cards tab
  3. Click the Reload Card button
  4. Enter your card’s number and PIN
  5. Pass the verification
  6. Hit Reload Card
  7. Enter the amount you want to add
  8. Proceed to payment

You can also contact customer support at 1-888-272-6547 or visit a restaurant to reload your card directly

Get the remaining balance in cashIf you don’t want to spend the remaining balance at Sonic Drive-In, you don’t have to. You can convert the funds from the gift card to cash with DoNotPay’s help

What Is the Sonic Policy About Redeeming Gift Cards for Cash?

Unless the law requires it, Sonic doesn’t allow gift card owners to redeem gift cards for cash. Companies are obligated to give the unused cash back to the customers in Puerto Rico and 11 U.S. states, including:

  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • Missouri
  • New Jersey
  • Oregon
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • Washington

What happens if you don’t live in one of these states? Don’t worry—, and we’ll retrieve your cash regardless of where in the U.S. you live.

DoNotPay Won’t Let Your Money Go Unused! Get the Remaining Gift Card Cash FAST!

Why let your money go to waste if DoNotPay can help you get it back. With our Gift Card Cash Back product, you can get the remaining balance from any gift card—free or purchased—in three steps:

  1. Choose the Gift Card Cash Back tool
  2. Insert required information, such as the gift card number, company’s name, and the state where you live

DoNotPay will:

  • Explore the company’s terms and conditions about redeeming gift cards for cash
  • Check whether your state has a cash back policy or not

If your state has a cash back policy, we’ll send the request to the company. If not, we’ll send it to the company’s office or branch in another state with such regulations. You can expect to get the cash or a check two weeks after we send the request.

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